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Melbourne University justified in sacking professor over ‘highly inappropriate’ texts: FWC
Chris O'Grady 2023-04-14 11:17 pm By Sam Matthews

The Fair Work Commission has upheld the firing of a Melbourne University professor who was found to have pursued an inappropriate personal relationship with a former employee who later complained she had been “groomed”.

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Airservices wins reduced penalty in union suit over ‘grey days’ policy
Appeals 2022-10-19 9:46 pm By Sam Matthews

Airservices Australia has succeeded in overturning a “manifestly unreasonable” $72,450 fine, but otherwise failed in its appeal of a decision which found it breached an enterprise agreement by withdrawing guidelines for standby shifts for air traffic controllers.

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Court won’t block Monash Health from terminating unvaccinated nurses
Chris O'Grady 2021-11-03 3:13 pm By Bianca Hrovat

A court has struck down a bid by unvaccinated nurses to restrain Monash Health from terminating their employment in accordance with the Victorian COVID-19 public health directions requiring them to be vaccinated, saying their case is “at best, weak”.

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NAB faces re-trial in adverse action case by worker who committed data breach
Abbas Jacob Lawyers 2021-10-12 4:05 pm By Miklos Bolza

A former financial planner found to have engaged in a data breach at National Australia Bank will have her adverse action lawsuit against the bank partially reheard after an appeals court found the judge who tossed the case failed to properly consider why she was fired.

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Airservices appeals loss to union over use of ‘grey days’ policy
Ashurst 2021-09-21 2:31 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Government-owned Airservices Australia has appealed an order that it pay $72,450 in fines to a civilian air traffic controllers union for withdrawing guidelines for standby shifts, which a judge found was a “serious breach” of an enterprise agreement.

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FWC arbitration doesn’t doom union’s lawsuit against Airservices
Ashurst 2020-11-18 5:28 pm By Miklos Bolza

A court has ruled that an arbitration proceeding before the Fair Work Commission does not doom a Federal Court lawsuit brought by the civilian air traffic controllers union against government-owned Airservices.

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AWU fined $150,000 for inflating membership numbers
Ashurst 2020-08-12 3:20 pm By Christine Caulfield

A judge has slugged the Australia Workers’ Union with a $148,100 fine for artificially boosting member numbers in what he said was a “serious departure” from the record-keeping standards required by registered organisations under the Fair Work Act.

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Firefighters agreement doesn’t discriminate against women, FWC says
Andrew Pollock 2019-10-22 9:15 pm By Miklos Bolza

The Federal Government has lost a challenge raising discrimination concerns around a Fair Work Commission-approved enterprise agreement covering metropolitan firefighters in Victoria, with an FWC review panel finding its appeal lacked merit.

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Kelly O’Dwyer’s challenge to firefighter EBA could cause a ‘revolution’, FWC says
Chris O'Grady 2019-02-27 11:28 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

An appeal by federal Minister for Jobs Kelly O’Dwyer for review of a decision approving an enterprise agreement she clams unlawfully discriminates against female firefighters by restricting employees from working part time could, if successful, be revolutionary, the Fair Work Commission said Wednesday.

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